Where did Columbus first set foot on the New Continent?
Find the ratio of 1 foot 8 inches to 1 yard.
Passage 3
It was the district sports meeting. My foot still hadn’t healed (痊愈) from a(n) (1)______ injury. I had (2)______ whether or not I should attend the meeting. But there I was (3)______ for the 3,000-metre run.
“Ready set” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed (4)______ me. I felt (5)______ as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest (6)______ I had ever heard at a meeting. The first-place runner was two laps (圈) ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
“Maybe I should (7)______,” I thought as I moved on. (8)______, I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran (9)______ and decided not to (10)______ in track next year. It wouldn’t be worth it, (11)______ my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer (12)______ than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and (13)______, the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys.”
I was leaving (14)______ several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage!” one of them told me.
“Courage? I just (15)______ a race !” I thought.
“I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?”
Suddenly, I regained (16)______. I decided to (17)______ track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always (18)______ in medals and victories, but in the (19)______ we overcome (战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win, (20)______ the people who don’t give up when they lose.
1. A. slighter B. worse C. earlier D. heavier
2. A. expected B. supposed C. imagined D. doubted
3. A. late B. eager C. ready D. thirsty
4. A. from behind B. ahead of C. next to D. close to
5. A. ashamed B. astonished C. excited D. frightened
6. A. cheer B. shout C. cry D. noise
7. A. slow down B. drop out C. go on D. speed up
8. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Besides D. However
9. A. with delight B. with fear C. in pain D. in advance
10. A. play B. arrive C. race D. attend
11. A. even if B. only if C. unless D. until
12. A. weaker B. longer C. lower D. louder
13. A. well enough B. sure enough C. surprisingly enough D. strangely enough
14. A. while B. when C. as D. since
15. A. finished B. won C. passed D. lost
16. A. cheer B. hope C. interest D. experience
17. A. hold on B. turn to C. begin with D. stick with
18. A. measured B. praised C. tested D. increased
19. A. sadness B. struggles C. diseases D. tiredness
20. A. or B. nor C. and D. but
Groups of ______ and ______ are eating ______ and ______ at the foot of the hill.
The 12-foot low-velocity fog applicator().
(1 foot=12 inches; figure not drawn to scale)
The figure above represents a window, with the shaded regions representing openings for glass and the pale regions representing the wood panels between and around the glass. If the window is 4.5 feet high by 2.5 feet wide, and if each of the wooden panels is exactly 4 inches thick, what is the total surface area, in square inches, of glass in the window?
英语的‘foot”(脚,单数)变为“feet”(脚,复数)运用的语法手段是()
If your vessel has a GM of one foot and a breadth of 50 feet,what will be your full rolling period? ()
For pumping the bilges,a 54 foot long “T-Boat”,which is not a ferry,but is certificated to carry 30 passengers,must be fitted with at least().
登门槛现象 (foot-in-the-door phenomenon)